Transform your business journey from isolated to inspired with a community that supports every step of your growth
Discover a unique circle of forward-thinking professionals dedicated to mutual innovation, skill enhancement, and holistic support - empowering each other's personal and business growth .
Hi there lone wolf..
Discover a home for your business mind. At BIP100, we transform Lone Wolves into a Super Pack, closely supporting each member to grow calmly among respected, growth-minded business experts and friends.
Discover BIP100: Tailored Business and Lifestyle Advancement
– Business Growth through connections and knowledge
- Join via a deep conversation with us - we interview you and you interview us
- Enjoy building your business through deep connection, honesty and business friendship - in a digital/AI world, our human heart is our greatest asset.
- “The world is speeding up faster than ever, today is the slowest day you will have.” We seek to help you innovate, remain empowered and love your business. Learn the most critical new ways of working in an AI Driven business economy
- Peer2Peer knowledge sharing and skills sessions, business owners sharing their new discoveries and ways of growing- how do you know what you need to know
- Personalized Business Development: Tailor your business growth approach to fit your unique needs and lifestyle, ensuring growth and health aren't just goals, but realities
- Trustworthy Connections: Connect with like-minded individuals who share a commitment to integrity and mutual success, making business enjoyable and rewarding
- Empowerment at Every Step: Network and work in ways that play to your strengths, within a community that believes 'business is personal.'
- Cultural Foundation: Embrace a culture that values deep connections, continuous learning, and genuine friendships, supported by a foundation of self-care.
- Mastermind Dynamics: Benefit from the combined features of a mastermind group, a connected network, and a learning community to foster your business growth.
- Expertise in Niche Markets: Join a community of bright, progressive business owners each specializing in distinct niches, creating a trusted environment for collaboration.
- Service-Oriented Insights: With a focus on service-driven businesses, leverage over 30 years of experience to overcome the unique challenges of the B2B market.
How do we do this for you
Core Commitments of BIP100
- Full-Time Leadership: Thomas and Penny are dedicated full-time, involved 360 days a year, ensuring personal attention and commitment.
- Expert Team: Our team of nine, all working remotely, brings diverse expertise to efficiently operate and manage events.
- Powerful Tools: We offer a unique online community platform and a comprehensive Directory App, keeping essential resources accessible anywhere.
- Regular Events: Attend monthly events with three in London and two in Surrey, plus member-driven activities like skiing, padel tennis, and theatre trips.
- Personal Growth Philosophy: Our 'Business is Personal' ethos recognizes each member's unique journey and challenges, fostering a culture of honesty, trust, and kindness.
- Inclusive Community: We emphasize a diversity of expertise coupled with a commonality of kindness, making BIP100 a trusted environment for collaboration.
- Human-Centric Approach: In a technology-driven world, we prioritize the human touch, understanding it’s essential for meaningful engagement and business success.
Meet Thomas & Penny
We are not new at connecting people through community. For 25 years we have loved, connected and supported business owners.
It all started when we created the world’s first business social network in 1998, Ecademy, bringing all our values of kindness in business to the new online world. For 25 years we have been connecting business hearts and changing lives. We believe in conversations, not broadcast, to build trusted relationships..
Penny and Ecademy were awarded an OBE in 2014 for the difference they made to the lives of 650,000 business owners through the online platform and the 5000 community events a year across the world.
Penny is known for her deep commitment to business owners, her desire to connect business hearts and her long term desire for people to see the opportunity that being in a community can provide.
Thomas is globally celebrated for his phenomenal memory and his commitment for connecting people through his passion to make a difference.
He grew Ecademy to the amazing community it was, having thousands of 121s and traveling the world to visit the events that ‘Ecademists’ ran. He has deep listening and questioning skills, empathy and intuition. Plus he has a very large network across LinkedIn and Twitter that he communicates regularly with.
The community are empowered to create the ‘village’ and be a citizen, enjoying their neighbours, running their own events and growing their brand within the community and beyond.
Many exciting activities and assets have been co-created by ‘BIPPers’. Led by Mindy Gibbins-Klein, five books have been written by BIPPers who have each have enjoyed the process of becoming an Author and seeing their book published. The ‘Success Secrets’ series is a tribute to the expertise and creativity held within the community.
As a member of BIP100 you get…
Access to a private Community on Mighty Networks to utilise as your virtual co-working space, for discussions, questions and advice.
The community platform of choice is Mighty Networks, which provides a shared space for members to collaborate and ask questions. The platform’s feature of creating ‘Spaces’ allows for the spotlighting of members and events, plus great conversations and updates. Additionally, members can direct message each other, facilitating communication and networking opportunities.
Access to our full
Membership Directory
BIP100 App (on iOS and Android) to arrange your 121 conversations.
We created an App, that enables members to have the directory with them all the time. Each member has a personal profile with links to their social channels and their Whatsapp and mobile number, plus a featured video with Penny about their expertise and business.
Connect and Grow with Monthly Zoom Sessions
Diverse Topics: Engage in 25 unique Zoom sessions each month, covering a wide range of subjects from Wellbeing and Nutrition to AI and Lead Generation.
Expert-Led Discussions: Learn from experts in various fields to ensure your business and personal brand are continually evolving and staying relevant.
Interactive and Engaging: These sessions are designed not only to impart knowledge but to foster interactive exchanges, ensuring members leave with actionable insights.
Networking Opportunities: Each Zoom meeting is an opportunity to connect with like-minded professionals, expanding your network and deepening existing relationships.
Holistic Approach: Our sessions cater to all aspects of your professional life, ensuring you and your business are in flow—balanced, forward-thinking, and well-supported.
A Member platform for recordings of Zooms to remain in the Cloud for continual access. This helps anyone who misses a session that they know would have been of value to them.
We are aware that members cannot attend all the Zoom events and so our Mighty Networks platform enables critical documents to be stored, plus we save recordings of our online events for members to catch up if they couldn’t attend LIVE and wanted the knowledge.
Monthly face to face lunches in London & Surrey
(additional cost for food and drink)
We host monthly informal lunches enabling 121s before and after. This is a social event with business opportunities discussed. Find out more on our Events page.
Ability to create your own Group and events around your expertise. Examples of these are a Meditation Group, Lead Generation discussions and AI Chat, all run by your fellow BIPPers.
If you moved into a village and you were a tennis coach, but there was no tennis court, you might create one. We encourage all members to create their own Groups and events that they can invite ‘BIPPers’ to.
A message from Penny & Thomas
Now in our early 60s, our life since 1998 has been dedicated to helping business owners through the power of community, fostering the culture of love and kindness in business.
Building a community is not easy, and it shouldn’t be. Like you, it takes time for us to find the right clients. When we connect with someone who is interested, we take a huge amount of time to ensure that our community is right for them and that they are right for the community. We have several strong beliefs in business:
We believe in social capital and the asset this brings to people’s businesses.
We believe that ‘Business Is Personal’
We believe that when we are emotionally strong and connected, we are more likely to have strong businesses.
We also believe that we all need to constantly grow our connections and we love to help people to do this.
Family values are so important to us, and we extend this to the way we lead our community. We believe strongly in the power of love and know that love can exist between businesspeople when they are in the right environment where their human emotional needs to be met. BIPPers are like family to one another and to us, always wanting the best for each other. Business is lonely and for 25 years we have dedicated ourselves to reducing loneliness in business.
We would be delighted to have the opportunity to talk to you.
with love
Testimonials
Listen to this audio sharing the collection of testimonials from members of the BIP100 community, a network that supports entrepreneurs. The testimonials highlight the positive impact the community has had on its members, providing them with valuable support, guidance, and connections. Members express gratitude for the community’s collaborative and supportive atmosphere, which has enabled them to overcome challenges, build successful businesses, and achieve their goals.
FAQs
What happens when I am interested?
We will receive your email of interest and book in a call with you. We want to allow 90 minutes for the call. Although, if it is agreed that we are not right, then the call can be shorter! During this exploratory call, we will want to know you, not only your business, but how you are personally, and discover the ways we can add the most value to you.
Do I have a contract?
We ask that you aim for at least one year of membership, paid either upfront on using our monthly payment plan, as it takes time to settle in and for others to see your value and you to see theirs. We are on a journey together, hopefully for a life-time. You can, however, leave after giving us one month's notice.
Why don’t you have more than 100 members?
We have learned the power of deep relationships and how that can have an amazing impact on people’s happiness and success. We have studied the ultimate community size to enable trust and closeness and believe 100 is the maximum you can have.
Why do people leave?
For some people, being in a community doesn’t work, they are not able to open up and make friendships that last, they are transactional and are seeking a fast ROI, others leave due to change in life circumstances.
How would I settle in and meet people?
We start with a 90-minute Onboarding coaching and familiarisation session with Penny and she records a video with you about you and introduces you to everyone. There is a strong culture of 121s and people are keen to get to know all new members. Penny also runs a monthly Induction Session on Zoom and there are many Zoom events and the London lunches to get to know people fast.
What if I dislike networking?
Networking has a reputation of elevator pitches and hustling for business, this can make many of us feel nervous and lacking in confidence. This is why we build community, think of it like a village with a pub in it, with a very welcoming landlord and a friendly group of new friends.
What is the main benefit to joining?
Our intention is that BIP100 helps you grow your business while also growing in peace, joy and happiness. The way we support and deliver our services is so diverse as we see the uniqueness in everyone, this is why we believe ‘Business Is Personal’. Our survey shows that members love the 121 friendships they form that enables business conversations as well as personal ones. Our most popular Zoom events are the weekly Flow Coaching and our Wellbeing Sessions. Our next most popular is the Skills Sessions, delivered by the Members, sharing their knowledge and being spotlighted. Additionally, we run networking sessions which Thomas facilitates and our lunches in London are attended by over 35 BIPPers each month.
How often should I attend the Zooms and lunches?
There is no obligation to attend the events we run, we suggest you attend them when you can as you will get huge value from them and it is always great to see your fellow BIPPers and get to know them. We also love that the Zooms are interactive, and you will get the opportunity to ask for advice or give some.
How much does the lunch in London cost?
We run these monthly, on the 3rd Thursday, in a cordoned off area of this 4 star hotel's restaurant. The tickets are £80 inclusive of your welcome drink, three course lunch, VAT and service (additional drinks not included. Prices will change if they increase the costs to us). We do not profit from these events; in fact we subsidise the cost a little to help keep the price as low as possible.
Who is in your team?
There are 9 in our team that help us run BIP100. Thomas and Penny, Craig (Director of Surrey), Business Manager, PA, Bookkeeping and three experts that run the weekly Flow and Wellbeing Coaching.
Where are your members based?
We are International, the majority are based around the M25 in the UK, we have a few members in the USA and Europe. We deliver our service across 9 timezones.
What are the BIP100 Values
We have a Values Document that we can share with you. Our core values are ‘growth, love, kindness and contribution.
How many members do you recruit each month?
On average we bring about 3-5 members in a month. It is hard to find the right people and for us to be right for everyone that applies, so we take our time and also ensure that we don’t overwhelm the existing members with new people. They want to have time to welcome and know you.
What do your members do?
Most of our members are service-driven experts. They average in age around late 40s. We have some in their 30s and even one in his 80s. Some have built and exited businesses and are seeking ways to do their next business, some have businesses that are established and rolling well, some have recently left corporate life and are establishing themselves and their business. All are diverse and we try to ensure that there is no duplicated expertise, although, when we explore this everyone has their niche.